TWO parents who elected to home-school their child to keep him away from schoolyard bullies have ended up in trouble with the law for leaving the boy alone while they worked.
The pair appeared shaken as they pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court to one count each of leaving a child unattended for an unreasonable amount of time and were sentenced to 18 months' probation.
The couple had opted to pull their 10-year-old son out of a state school after he experienced ongoing problems but changing financial circumstances meant they were forced to sometimes leave him alone so they could work, the court was told.
The boy had been left home alone on various occasions, usually in the mornings, between December 1, 2009, and March 1 last year.
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